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Personal info

Full name
LOPER, James Lucios
Date of birth
24 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Madison, Madison County, Florida
Hometown
Homestead, Dade County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34054306
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Near Baudenbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 24 37

Immediate family

Members
Lonnie A. Loper (father)
Minnie L. (Johnson) Loper (mother)
Thelma L. Loper (mother)
Robert T. Loper (brother)
Lois A. Loper (sister)
Otis C. Loper (brother)

More information

Pvt James L. Loper was a brick and stone mason and tile setter before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 19 June 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Bunch Family History / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.tankdestroyer.net

Photo source: www.newspapers.com – The Miami Harold - 13 April 1945